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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema oviforme

nominal species Unio planior Lea, 1868


Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 316 [76], pl. 50, fig. 129.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84391, Tennessee.

= Pleurobema oviforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissima (Anthony, J.G., 1865) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissima (Anthony, J.G., 1865) — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema oviforme argenteum (Lea, 1841) — Ortmann, 1918
= Pleurobema (s.s.) planius (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) planior (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio planior Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) planior (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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